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Am 26.1.2018 um 18:24 schrieb Barside:

Nobody has posted time for a full detail run on a cross section of cpu’s to show the practical difference in performance.

Would be worth a try IMO, I will make a test when I have time.

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 Processor: AMD FX(tm)-9370 Eight-Core Processor (8 CPUs), ~4.4GHz


 Memory: 16384MB RAM Available OS Memory: 16350MB RAM


Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 16299) (16299.rs3_release.170928-1534)


 C drive-Total Space: 237.9 GBFile System: NTFS  Model: CT250BX1 00SSD1 SATA Disk Device

Benchmark A - 5mins 52 sec
Benchmark B-6 mins 52 sec
Benchmark C-10 mins 30sec
 

I didnt run test in full screen when I did gained an extra minute

C- 9 mins 20 sec

 


 

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This test was done on my Toshiba Laptop

My Results:

CPU: intel i7-4720HQ

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.60 GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3

RAM: Clockspeed: 1600MHz

GPU: AMD Radeon R9 M265X 2GB

OS: Win 8.1 64-bit

Storage: HECTRON HECX1-240G 223GB

Benchmark A: 5 min 14 sec

Benchmark B: 6 min 24 sec

Benchmark C: 9 min 39 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars
 

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My results:

CPU: Intel i5 4460

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.2GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3

RAM Clockspeed: 1600 MHz

GPU: GTX 970 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Toshiba SATA 7200 rpm

Benchmark A: 5:31

 

 

FM18 Computer Performance: 3.5

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

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On 11/27/2017 at 09:53, jwchriste said:

My results (custom desktop):

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.0GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

RAM: 32GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 4000MHz (OC'd)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 512GB

Benchmark A: 2 min 52 sec

Benchmark B: 3 min 28 sec

Benchmark C: 5 min 21 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

I replaced my motherboard and CPU (from 7700K to 8700K) and moved the game back to a regular SSD, so here's the new numbers:

My results (custom desktop):

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.2GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

RAM: 32GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 4000MHz (OC'd)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB

Benchmark A: 2 min 43 sec

Benchmark B: 3 min 12 sec

Benchmark C: 4 min 19 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars


After benchmarks A & B I thought I had a marginal improvement due to the extra 200MHz.  But benchmark C is a whole minute faster!  I ran it again, just to make sure I hadn't screwed up with the stopwatch and it was still 4:26.  I know I added 2/4 cores/threads, but they didn't really help much in A&B.  Is there something about C that really likes the extra cores?

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A few sets of results here starting out with my now retired i7-920, after 9 years it was time for a new rig

CPU: Intel i7-920

CPU Frequency: 4.0GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

RAM: 6GB Kingston HyperX (3x2)

RAM Clockspeed: 1537 MHz

GPU: GTX 970 4GB Palit  

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit 

Storage: Hitachi 1TB SATA3 HDD 

Benchmark A: 5 Mins 12 seconds

Benchmark B: 6 min 19 seconds

Benchmark C: 9 min 30 seconds

Benchmark C (Saving): 1 min 5 seconds

Benchmark C+ (Max Detail All Competitive Matches): 46 min 19 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

 

CPU: Intel i9-7940X

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengance) LPX (2x8)

RAM Clockspeed: 3200 MHz

GPU: GTX 1070TI 8Gb MSI Aero

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit 

Storage: 500GB WD Black M.2 NMVe PCIe SSD plus 2TB Seagate BarraCuda SATA3 HDD 

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.1GHz boost to 4.3GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

Benchmark A: 4 Mins 09 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 58 seconds

Benchmark C: 7 min 12 seconds

Benchmark C (Saving): 1 min 6 seconds to both SSD & HDD

Benchmark C+ (Max Detail All Competitive Matches): 28 min 12 seconds

 

CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.0 GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

Benchmark A: 3 Mins 36 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 22 seconds

Benchmark C: 6 min 35 seconds

Benchmark C (Saving): 54 seconds to both SSD & HDD

Benchmark C+ (Max Detail All Competitive Matches): 21 min 36 seconds

 

CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.4 GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

Benchmark A: 3 Mins 27 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 16 seconds

Benchmark C: 6 min 15 seconds

Benchmark C (Saving): 48 seconds to both SSD & HDD

Benchmark C+ (Max Detail All Competitive Matches): 25 min 37 seconds

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The key highlights from the above tests are that either my TurboBoost 3.0 installation was borked or that it is of no use with FM because the results and cpu-z monitor showed that that the cpu frequency never pushed above the base clock of 3.1.

Because I've always played with all leagues loaded & running the full detail like for like frequency comparison between the two cpu's is pleasing & the cpu temps were much lower without the need for the fans to go into overdrive to remove excess heat, just a shame that there are no other scores to compare against to establish how much the additional cores are reducing the elapsed processing time.

4.4 GHz on all cores is a step too far for my setup as thermal throttling kicked in to protect the hardware, at 4.5GHz it went a step further with a thermal shutdown.

The other key point of interest is that there is absolutely no difference in elapsed time when saving to an SSD or HDD but the save time does reduce in line with CPU performance, this is not a surprise as it was a similar outcome when I compared SSH/HDD save performance a few years ago.

 

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hi guys,

 

I recently bought a GeForce 1060 6gb. my previous gfx rating in fm18 was 1 star, and my rating after installing my card is also 1 star :S

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now I know my card works coz im able to play the game on the highest settings very smoothly, which is cool, but for my own self satisfaction I want to see it say 4 or 5 stars lol. does anyone know why it doesn't?

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My results: PC

CPU: Intel i5-4670K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.80 GHz

CPU Overclocked: 4.20 GHz

RAM: 16.00GB DDR3

RAM Clockspeed: 1600 MHz

GPU: GeForce GTX 760 – 2.00Gb Ram

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: Samsung Evo 840 120gb

Benchmark A:  4 min  30sec

Benchmark B:  5min  10sec

Benchmark C:  7min  34sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

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My results: 

Huawei MateBook HZ-W19

12 inch Windows 10 Tablet weighs around 600g – Used predominantly for Football Manager on my commute.  I play the full-fat version of the game on it with all 7 English divisions running.  It plays quickly but graphics need to be set to minimum, all in all, though a great experience on the go

CPU:  Intel® Core™ m5-6Y54 Processor

Base Frequency: 1.10 GHz

CPU Turbo Frequency: 2.70 GHz

CPU Overclocked: no

RAM: 8 GB LPDDR3

RAM Clockspeed: 1866 MHz

GPU: Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 515

OS: Win 10 64-bit

Storage: 256Gb  SSD

Benchmark A:  8min  58sec

Benchmark B:  13min  50sec  (first run was straight after benchmark A and was severely throttled due to overheating, passively cooled tablets clearly do not cope well with this volume of leagues and processing on full detail)

Benchmark B: 11min  50sec (did a second run after shutting down and allowing it to cool and the result was better)

Benchmark C:  13min  02sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 3.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 3 stars

This type of PC clearly struggles at times with an all-leagues loaded benchmark due to overheating issues but considering its size and portability I think it fares quite well and with a conservative amount of leagues running holds its own. 

Another Desktop PC (Pentium G3250 OC) & Laptop (I7 4710mq) to follow soon, and hopefully whatever else I can dig out!

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My results

CPU: Intel Core i7-6600K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.6GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

RAM: 16GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 2667MHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Strix

OS: Win 7 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB

Benchmark A: 4:07

Benchmark B: 4:49

Benchmark C: 6:43

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

Seems pretty much as I expected based on the table of results, although my % increase between them all seems to be the lowest A->B (17%) A->C (63%) Unless I'm bad at math

Numbers of cores/threads doesnt seem to make any difference & it's just raw core/ram speed

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Hi,

im guessing if I wanted a good pc to run FM the fastest I’d select the same specs as the fastest times listed in your table?

 

iv been away from FM or even having a working pc for 5 years now, in the next couple of months I’m looking to purchase a beast of a pc purely so I can get back into FM..  

I woukd like to run as many playable leagues as possible..  

Any advice would be appropriated.

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2 hours ago, wayne'o said:

Hi,

im guessing if I wanted a good pc to run FM the fastest I’d select the same specs as the fastest times listed in your table?

 

iv been away from FM or even having a working pc for 5 years now, in the next couple of months I’m looking to purchase a beast of a pc purely so I can get back into FM..  

I woukd like to run as many playable leagues as possible..  

Any advice would be appropriated.

That is exactly why this was created, well that and a bit of "check out my monster PC!"

One thing to bear in mind though is that you won't need to buy the best Graphics card ever if you are only buying it for FM as a mid/high range card will run FM on its highest settings.

something like this would be great

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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KXxzkd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KXxzkd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£306.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£143.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£185.08 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Pro 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£154.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£50.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GT OC Video Card  (£193.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£72.35 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.79 @ Alza)
Total: £1216.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-24 17:25 BST+0100

get yourself over to this thread here for more advice

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And now for something a bit different. This test was done on my Intel Compute Stick

My Results:

CPU: Intel M5-6Y57

CPU Turbo Frequency: 1.10 GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3

RAM: Clockspeed: 1867 Mhz

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 515

OS: Win 10 Home 64-bit

Storage: Kingston M52564 64 GB

Benchmark A: 8 min 26 sec

Benchmark B: 12 min 14 sec

Benchmark C: 13 min 19 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 3 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 1 star

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On 24/07/2018 at 08:37, wayne'o said:

Hi,

im guessing if I wanted a good pc to run FM the fastest I’d select the same specs as the fastest times listed in your table?

 

iv been away from FM or even having a working pc for 5 years now, in the next couple of months I’m looking to purchase a beast of a pc purely so I can get back into FM..  

I woukd like to run as many playable leagues as possible..  

Any advice would be appropriated.

Pretty much.  Any recent CPU seems to work pretty well.  Intel probably still has the edge over AMD for FM.  Overclocking helps if you're up for it.  Also, don't discount RAM speed.

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51 minutes ago, jwchriste said:

Pretty much.  Any recent CPU seems to work pretty well.  Intel probably still has the edge over AMD for FM.  Overclocking helps if you're up for it.  Also, don't discount RAM speed.

Hi mate,

yes RAM is def important , done lots of research last couple of days, Iv come up with motherboard, cpu and RAM so far for about £900, just got to choose the rest now..

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2 minutes ago, wayne'o said:

Hi mate,

yes RAM is def important , done lots of research last couple of days, Iv come up with motherboard, cpu and RAM so far for about £900, just got to choose the rest now..

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Is that 2400MHz RAM?  I don't think 32GB vs. 16GB helps as much so you could go 16GB but get a faster set, maybe 3200MHz or 3600MHz.  That would help more I think if you don't need 32GB for something other than FM.  I'm running FM18 right now with Chrome and other programs in the background and am only using 6GB.

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13 minutes ago, jwchriste said:

Is that 2400MHz RAM?  I don't think 32GB vs. 16GB helps as much so you could go 16GB but get a faster set, maybe 3200MHz or 3600MHz.  That would help more I think if you don't need 32GB for something other than FM.  I'm running FM18 right now with Chrome and other programs in the background and am only using 6GB.

I thought upping the RAM is beneficial for running lots of leagues etc? I was thinking of going upto 64GB?

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Just now, wayne'o said:

I thought upping the RAM is beneficial for running lots of leagues etc? I was thinking of going upto 64GB?

I'm running lots of leagues as well as running a custom England L22 database (lots of extra leagues and divisions) and it just doesn't use that much.  16GB would be plenty.  Faster is better.  If you can afford it go for faster and higher capacity, but if you have to make a trade-off, go for speed.

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3 minutes ago, jwchriste said:

I'm running lots of leagues as well as running a custom England L22 database (lots of extra leagues and divisions) and it just doesn't use that much.  16GB would be plenty.  Faster is better.  If you can afford it go for faster and higher capacity, but if you have to make a trade-off, go for speed.

The motherboard Iv added can handle RAM speed just over 4000 MHz upto 64GB.   So you think 16GB with speed of around 4000MHz would be better than the 32GB I had selected?

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Just now, wayne'o said:

The motherboard Iv added can handle RAM speed just over 4000 MHz upto 64GB.   So you think 16GB with speed of around 4000MHz would be better than the 32GB I had selected?

For FM, yes: 16GB@4000MHz > 32GB@2400MHz.  4000MHz is expensive, but 16GB @ 3200MHz or 3600MHz would be better would be better than 32GB@2400MHz as well.

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13 minutes ago, jwchriste said:

For FM, yes: 16GB@4000MHz > 32GB@2400MHz.  4000MHz is expensive, but 16GB @ 3200MHz or 3600MHz would be better would be better than 32GB@2400MHz as well.

That’s amazing considering it would also cost less 👍..  because Iv not had a pc for over 5 years things have moved on drastically,   My old pc back in the day was fast for its time, in totally blind when it comes to what specs would achieve what I like which would mainly be to run loads of leagues from around the world for better balance of regens etc, and at a fast pace of course 😜..

 

when i I was YouTubing RAM etc some people were saying 16GB wouldn’t open some large documents  so just thought I better max out the RAM side of things 😳

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4 minutes ago, wayne'o said:

That’s amazing considering it would also cost less 👍..  because Iv not had a pc for over 5 years things have moved on drastically,   My old pc back in the day was fast for its time, in totally blind when it comes to what specs would achieve what I like which would mainly be to run loads of leagues from around the world for better balance of regens etc, and at a fast pace of course 😜..

 

when i I was YouTubing RAM etc some people were saying 16GB wouldn’t open some large documents  so just thought I better max out the RAM side of things 😳

My recommendation is for FM only.  If you need more ram for other things, that's something else you will need to consider.

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4 minutes ago, jwchriste said:

My recommendation is for FM only.  If you need more ram for other things, that's something else you will need to consider.

Well to be fair I was prepared to spend upto 2k to build a pc which would last for several years with out needing upgrades every year to keep up with new games.  FM would be my main priority but I may dable into a thew shoot em up games but that’s more the graphics side of things.

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3 minutes ago, wayne'o said:

Well to be fair I was prepared to spend upto 2k to build a pc which would last for several years with out needing upgrades every year to keep up with new games.  FM would be my main priority but I may dable into a thew shoot em up games but that’s more the graphics side of things.

If you're going to spend it anyway, go for capacity as well as speed.  I've got 32GB@4000MHz since this was my bucket-list PC build, but I don't want to recommend that as the "best" for FM since the capacity is overkill by quite a bit.

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Over kill 😜.. that’s good to know.  I think it’s because Iv not played FM on any pc for years it’s hard for me to gauge what I need to be comfortable with. For all I know some low end £600 would do fine, I just didn’t want to spend £600 day and then 3 months later go spend more money because it’s not fast enough..  that RAM speed I had was at 3000 MHz,

i see what you mean by your only using 6GB to run all those Programs.  There would be plenty surplus unused or money sitting there doing nothing 😜

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On 22/11/2017 at 15:51, jckc221013jamie said:

CPU: Intel i5 7400

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.0GHz boost to 3.5GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel Corsair vengeance

RAM Clockspeed: 2400 MHz

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit Super Jetstream 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit Fall creators update 

Storage: M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 250GB

Benchmark A: 4 Mins 23 seconds

Benchmark B: 5 min 12 seconds

Benchmark C: 8 min 3 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4. stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

I have my i7 7700 what im going to do as well same set up as above but just got to change the cpu back around as i just wanted to see how much of a performance boost the i7 will be over the i5

CPU: Intel i5 8600k

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.6 ghz base overclocked to 4.8 ghz

CPU Overclocked: yes

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel Corsair vengeance 2400 mhz  CL14

RAM Clockspeed: 2666 MHz OC

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit Super Jetstream 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit Fall creators update 

Storage: M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 250GB

Benchmark A: 3 mins 22 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 07 seconds

Benchmark C: 5 min 30 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

I have upgraded my motherboard and Cpu 

Motherboard - Asrock z370 killer sli

Cpu - i5 8600k

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On 02/08/2018 at 23:11, jckc221013jamie said:

CPU: Intel i5 8600k

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.6 ghz base overclocked to 4.8 ghz

CPU Overclocked: yes

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel Corsair vengeance 2400 mhz  CL14

RAM Clockspeed: 2666 MHz OC

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit Super Jetstream 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit Fall creators update 

Storage: M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 250GB

Benchmark A: 3 mins 22 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 07 seconds

Benchmark C: 5 min 30 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

I have upgraded my motherboard and Cpu 

Motherboard - Asrock z370 killer sli

Cpu - i5 8600k

those are some good figures re benchtest

I am just about to upgrade my system but may well go down your route can you give me an idea how much you spent

I cant get over how expensive RAM is now seems everything else is reasonable but RAM has gone up?

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17 hours ago, kingrobbo said:

those are some good figures re benchtest

I am just about to upgrade my system but may well go down your route can you give me an idea how much you spent

I cant get over how expensive RAM is now seems everything else is reasonable but RAM has gone up?

Thank you mate

I just upgraded my motherboard and the i5 8600k and it has to be the best upgrade i have ever done it was really worth it i love it and my gtx 1060 was from my last build witch was i5 7400 and gigabyte b250 i sold them to make some funds for my upgrade so i just upgraded my mb and cpu the motherboard was £119 and my cpu was £230 i bought two 4 gig sticks of ram and then a couple of months later bought the other two 4 gig sticks because of the price was just way over my budget for 16 gig straight out at the time a pair of two 4 gig stick's of corsair vengeance 2400mhz was £89 and my gtx 1060 6gb was £249 but it is definitely the best computer i have ever had it was just well worth it you should definitely go for it mate i love it it smashes every thing i throw at it and for football manager the main reason why i upgraded tbf it just ease's through everything that fm throws at it i now just more or less load up every league and it is still the so smooth and lovely to play on i now have it at 5ghz and my ram is at 3000mhz i done stress test's over 24 hours to make sure every thing was all good and it is stable as a rock if i can help with anything just message me mate 

so all together everything was roughly around £900-£1100

And yes i so agree the ram is just a joke that/'s why i just bought 8 gig and then another 8 gig

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4 hours ago, jckc221013jamie said:

Thank you mate

I just upgraded my motherboard and the i5 8600k and it has to be the best upgrade i have ever done it was really worth it i love it and my gtx 1060 was from my last build witch was i5 7400 and gigabyte b250 i sold them to make some funds for my upgrade so i just upgraded my mb and cpu the motherboard was £119 and my cpu was £230 i bought two 4 gig sticks of ram and then a couple of months later bought the other two 4 gig sticks because of the price was just way over my budget for 16 gig straight out at the time a pair of two 4 gig stick's of corsair vengeance 2400mhz was £89 and my gtx 1060 6gb was £249 but it is definitely the best computer i have ever had it was just well worth it you should definitely go for it mate i love it it smashes every thing i throw at it and for football manager the main reason why i upgraded tbf it just ease's through everything that fm throws at it i now just more or less load up every league and it is still the so smooth and lovely to play on i now have it at 5ghz and my ram is at 3000mhz i done stress test's over 24 hours to make sure every thing was all good and it is stable as a rock if i can help with anything just message me mate 

so all together everything was roughly around £900-£1100

And yes i so agree the ram is just a joke that/'s why i just bought 8 gig and then another 8 gig

Thanks for the detailed reply much appreciated 

I have my own build and need to upgrade the ram amazed at the cost

The system is really good but what it will cost to get the ram I think I will be better off selling it and building a rig like yours as I load all leagues too

I will probably end up spending £250 doing this so well worth it

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On 27/11/2017 at 15:53, jwchriste said:

My results (custom desktop):

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 5.0GHz

CPU Overclocked: Yes

RAM: 32GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 4000MHz (OC'd)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2 512GB

Benchmark A: 2 min 52 sec

Benchmark B: 3 min 28 sec

Benchmark C: 5 min 21 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

Just wondering what fan you use for your CPU?  The intel i7 are known to run very hot when overclocked upto 90 degrees.

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4 hours ago, wayne'o said:

Just wondering what fan you use for your CPU?  The intel i7 are known to run very hot when overclocked upto 90 degrees.

It was de-lidded/re-lidded to add a liquid metal TIM for better thermal conductivity.  And it was water cooled with a custom loop.

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13 minutes ago, wayne'o said:

That’s sounds expensive?

More than I like to admit.  It was a complete bucket list build.  It's huge and could cool a fighter jet engine.  It's completely overkill and I'll never build another one like it, but it was a fun project and I'm very happy with the result.  I've since replaced the 7700k with an 8700k, but did the same thing with that and got it overclocked to 5.2GHz.  None of this is necessary to enjoy FM though.

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4 hours ago, jwchriste said:

More than I like to admit.  It was a complete bucket list build.  It's huge and could cool a fighter jet engine.  It's completely overkill and I'll never build another one like it, but it was a fun project and I'm very happy with the result.  I've since replaced the 7700k with an 8700k, but did the same thing with that and got it overclocked to 5.2GHz.  None of this is necessary to enjoy FM though.

It’s like having a fast car all polished in the garage, can only drive it at 70mph legally 😜. If you have the money nothing wrong having some overkill,  least it should last longer before being outdated?

think I’m the same, Iv got my heart set on the ASUS ROG Maximus x hero Z370 WiFi Ac mother board along with the I7 8700k,  will most Probably go for minimum 16Gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz 14c is way more expensive compared to 16c. Not sure how much difference speed wise 14c is to 16c but it’s expensive,

I’ll be happy overclocking it to 4.5Ghz i’m Undesired about fans and what I need tho.

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My results:

CPU: Intel i7-8700

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.2GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 2400 MHz

GPU: Intel UHD 630

OS: Win 10 Home 64-bit

Storage: 240GB SSD & 2TB HDD

Benchmark A: 3 min 32 sec

Benchmark B: 4 min 21 sec

Benchmark C: 5 min 58 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 3 stars

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My results:

CPU: Intel i7-8086K

CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.0GHz

CPU Overclocked: No

RAM: 32.00GB Dual-Channel DDR4

RAM Clockspeed: 3000 MHz

GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Storage: Kingston V300 SATA SSD, 120GB capacity

Benchmark A: 3 min 30 sec

Benchmark B: 4 min 16 sec

Benchmark C: 6 min 03 sec

FM18 Computer Performance: 5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

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  • 3 weeks later...

CPU: Intel i5 8600k

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.6 ghz base overclocked to 5 ghz

CPU Overclocked: yes

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel Corsair vengeance 2400 mhz  CL14

RAM Clockspeed: 3000MHz OC

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit Super Jetstream 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit Fall creators update 

Storage: M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 250GB

Benchmark A: 3 mins 20 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 01 seconds

Benchmark C: 5 min 5 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

Tested it again with my cpu at 5ghz  

and my ram now at 3000mhz 

Their is not really much in it compared to my 4.8ghz overclock to be fair

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  • 4 weeks later...
On 30/06/2018 at 21:16, shaunyk said:

hi guys,

 

I recently bought a GeForce 1060 6gb. my previous gfx rating in fm18 was 1 star, and my rating after installing my card is also 1 star :S

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now I know my card works coz im able to play the game on the highest settings very smoothly, which is cool, but for my own self satisfaction I want to see it say 4 or 5 stars lol. does anyone know why it doesn't?

EVERYONE IGNORED MY POST! :( :( :(

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On 24/09/2018 at 01:16, jckc221013jamie said:

CPU: Intel i5 8600k

CPU Turbo Frequency: 3.6 ghz base overclocked to 5 ghz

CPU Overclocked: yes

RAM: 16.00GB Dual-Channel Corsair vengeance 2400 mhz  CL14

RAM Clockspeed: 3000MHz OC

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit Super Jetstream 

OS: Win 10 Pro 64-bit Fall creators update 

Storage: M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 250GB

Benchmark A: 3 mins 20 seconds

Benchmark B: 4 min 01 seconds

Benchmark C: 5 min 5 seconds

FM18 Computer Performance: 4.5 stars

FM18 PC 3D Graphics Rating: 5 stars

Tested it again with my cpu at 5ghz  

and my ram now at 3000mhz 

Their is not really much in it compared to my 4.8ghz overclock to be fair

as you know I have the same system as you even not overclocked it is brilliant at processing

FYI I am sure you are aware but when I ran the Samsung SSD magacian it updated the firmware to the  M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 I went for the 500GB well worth the investment it eats everything FM throws at it and even faster times since the firmware update

cheers mate for your advice re this anyone looking for a mid range price set up for FM use cant beat this:thup: easy to build too

I had spent more previously and got nowhere near the speeds this gives me

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6 hours ago, kingrobbo said:

FYI I am sure you are aware but when I ran the Samsung SSD magacian it updated the firmware to the  M.2 SSD NVMe Samsung EVO 960 I went for the 500GB well worth the investment it eats everything FM throws at it and even faster times since the firmware updatE

Can you quantify & verify your claim that SSD directly improved performance? My save time testing suggested it does not.

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1 hour ago, Barside said:

Can you quantify & verify your claim that SSD directly improved performance? My save time testing suggested it does not.

my times went down processing after the firmware update not by much but they did get better

are you getting slower times??

I cant go back and show the times prior to the update as I didnt record them:D

after firmware update I get -

A- 3.33 mins

B- 4.19 mins

C- 5.43 mins

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5 hours ago, Barside said:

Can you quantify & verify your claim that SSD directly improved performance? My save time testing suggested it does not.

well my im using a ssd and it does feel more responsive and snappier than a stranded hdd and i have done loads of test's an a ssd won every time

im not saying it is by much but the processing is a bit quicker and loading and saving times 

For me it just feels all round better in every way using an ssd over an hdd and iv been playing fm since 2005 and before that championship manager so iv had it on loads of different hdd's and every time iv had it on a ssd the game just feels more responsive and a bit quicker

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Is he using two different rigs on those comparisons? It's not exactly surprising that the SSD boot & setup was quicker although neither are of any real consequence, what really matters is in game processing.

I might look at replicating on FM19 as I can run a SSD/HDD comparison on the same setup.

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